Posts by Russell Brown
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The study that is raising most concern over long-term MDMA effects is this one from last year: Depression, impulsiveness, sleep, and memory in past and present polydrug users of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy)
I read the full report and it did seem to me to have some problems with self-selection, ie: that the largely employed and professional ex-MDMA users would be much more likely to go through the bother of replying to a newspaper ad and volunteering for the study if they already felt that had problems with sleep or cognition. There's also no record of how heavy or frequent past use was, which is unfortunate given that other studies have found those factors have a strong bearing on long-term effects.
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Hard News: Potency and purity, in reply to Ross Bell,
Not just Mr Schep
The long-term effects of MDMA use also merit attention. I've been looking at some literature on that. But that's a whole other post ...
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Bloody hell -- I forgot Glastonbury!
Here's the BBC schedule.
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Hard News: Friday Music: A dream or…, in reply to Barnaby Nicholls,
I’m really enjoying the new Beck song – he’s gone pop and it’s gone well. It’s frivolous, but a little bit wonderful.
That's pretty frisky all right.
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More free!
An Aotearoa/Japan mixtape from Loop Recordings, the first in a series.
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This is cool: Flying Out has a basement underneath the shop in Pitt Street and they have a string of great shows (most of them koha entry) through July.
Note that RSVP is essential.
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Hard News: Friday Music: A dream or…, in reply to George Darroch,
In other news, Disclosure have decided that their new album is also a film. I’d watch it.
In other other news, looks like Disclosure is producing a track or two on the forthcoming Lorde album. I like that.
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Big changes at Native Affairs.
Not noted in that release: the resignation of gutsy Native Affairs producer Annabelle Lee.
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Access: Zero, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Love that logic. I should have written down the list of terms we have learned over the years. Most now forgotten.
Same with us. Jim's language has normalised as he susses out the world and he no longer says "lasterday" for "yesterday". I really liked that one.
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Hard News: Happy Days, in reply to izogi,
Without knowing exactly how to measure and compare it, is there any word on the types of ratings or viewership it gets?
TVNZ (and I presume Damian) will know exactly how many views it gets. That's one advantage of web video – you can actually measure it.
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